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My Top 3 Priorities

Support the belief that employees and employers should have the right to determine wages and working conditions through either individual or collective bargaining, as they choose, within the boundaries of the law.

Ensure a stronger commitment to educating California's current and future workforce.

Support legislators and legislation that embraces fair play for employer and employees. As it is essential to the preservation of our free enterprise system.

Experience

Experience

Profession:President & CEO

President CEO, ABC NorCal (2015–current)

Council Member, Nevada State Apprenticeship Council — Appointed position (2013–2016)

President / CEO, ABC Nevada Chapter (2006–2015)

College of Business Administration, University of Nevada, Reno (1998–2006)

Education

National Center for Construction Education and Research — Master Trainer Certification (current)

Biography

Michele Daugherty is the President/CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors, Northern California Chapter (ABC NorCal), representing construction firms specializing in the commercial and industrial sectors that employ over 20,000 skilled and trained Northern California workers from Fresno to the Oregon border. Michele is dedicated to upholding the free enterprise philosophy and advancing safety and education for the construction industry.

Michele has spent the past two decades focused on creating career and advancement pathways for others. Prior to coming to ABC NorCal Michele was the President/CEO of ABC Nevada Chapter and formerly the Director of the University of Nevada, Reno College of Business Advising Center. Under her leadership ABC NorCal has continued to grow as a workforce development leader expanding their state and federally approved Apprenticeship and Craft Training programs. Michele is committed to educating the current and future workforce and values the importance of educating today’s youth on the benefits of careers in construction.

Michele currently serves on the Board of Directors for Region Business, San Joaquin Partnership, Solano Economic Development Corporation, and is a member of the State of Nevada Apprenticeship Council. Michele received her Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Nevada Reno and resides in Discovery Bay with her husband of 11 years and is the proud mother of two boys ten and five.